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In reply to the discussion: Bullying yesterday and today...what's the difference? Comparison and contrast. [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,686 posts)21. In my high school (early '60s) there was this thing called a "slam book."
It was a spiral notebook; each page had a question and you could write answers, anonymously, of course. Most of the questions (usually written and circulated by the Mean Girls) had to do with what you thought of another kid, and it got pretty spiteful sometimes. But at least the only people who ever read these were those who got ahold of the slam book. Facebook and Twitter and all the other social media outlets have changed all that so now everybody gets to see these nasty libels. Having once been on the receiving end of a snarky slam book item, which was pretty hurtful but eventually faded away, I can't imagine how awful it must be for a kid to be pilloried on Facebook, out there forever to be seen by anybody.
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Bullying yesterday and today...what's the difference? Comparison and contrast. [View all]
SummerSnow
Oct 2013
OP
I fought this girl in the 6th grade. She was a persistent bully. I pushed her down..
SummerSnow
Oct 2013
#2
Years ago, a suicide by a kid (or an adult, for that matter) was often hushed up,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2013
#5
I think you hit the nail square on the head, "when I was young a bully could not post a
RKP5637
Oct 2013
#26
The biggest difference is that there was less access to guns where I grew up. nt
kelliekat44
Oct 2013
#11
I think that bullies have greater access to a number of new tools which make their actions more effi
LanternWaste
Oct 2013
#13
In my high school (early '60s) there was this thing called a "slam book."
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2013
#21
I seriously doubt that many mandatory boys' P.E. coaches have been opposed to . . .
radicalliberal
Dec 2013
#46
I've always been pretty self sufficient, able to somehow keep my head above the water and
RKP5637
Oct 2013
#33
Yep, sadly that is the way. ... I've often thought capitalism encourages bullying as
RKP5637
Oct 2013
#37
fantasy dream sequences in bed about how I would beat the shit out of the bullies
Pretzel_Warrior
Oct 2013
#43